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Tudor Farm Church Lane Wormley EN10 7QQ

07/26/0013/FFullRefused

Refused on 20 February 2026

Council decision: REFUSAL3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Demolition of redundant pole barn and erection of two detached dwellings

Submitted
7 January 2026
Ward
Wormley/Turnford
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Tudor Farm Church Lane Wormley EN10 7QQ. Broxbourne has handled 2,414 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Broxbourne's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Wormley/Turnford. We hold 1,798 applications in total for the EN10 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Broxbourne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The application site is located within the Green Belt, as identified on the Policies Map accompanying the Broxbourne Local Plan 2018-2033 (adopted June 2020). National and local planning policies for the Green Belt set out within the NPPF and the Broxbourne Local Plan set out a presumption against inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The development is considered to constitute inappropriate development with reference to policy as no compelling evidence of very special circumstances has been submitted in support of the application. The proposal would be, by definition, be harmful to the Green Belt. It is also considered that the proposals would harm the openness of the Green Belt and would be contrary to purpose c) of the Green Belt, as set out by paragraph 143 of the NPPF. The development is therefore contrary to Chapter 13 of the NPPF and Policy GB1 of the Broxbourne Local Plan 2018-2033 (adopted June 2020).
  2. The proposed access through the residential development to the south would conflict with the onsite car parking spaces and private garden space of the semi-detached dwelling immediately to the south, pursuant to planning permission reference 07/24/0261/F. As such, the development is contrary to paragraph 139 of the NPPF and Policies DSC1 and TM5 of the Broxbourne Local Plan 2018-2033 (adopted June 2020).
  3. By reason of insufficient information submitted with the application to ensure that the site’s access is safe and suitable for use, the development is contrary to Policies TM2 and TM3 of The Broxbourne Local Plan 2018-2033 (adopted June 2020).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN10 7QQ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 February 2026
Consultation start
16 January 2026
Consultation end
6 February 2026

Publicity

Site notice start
16 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Broxbourne
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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